Washing-machine.



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WITNESSES ZZZ W APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1903.

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INYEN TOR A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented September 13, 1904:.

SWEN WILLIAM ANDERSON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,883, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed July 8, 1903. Serial No. 16 L669. (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SWEN WILLIAM ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to washing-machines; and the object thereof is to provide an improved machine of this class which is simple in construction and operation and also strong and durable and will not get out of order 0 frequently need repairs.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters, and in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my machine and shows same partly in section and parts broken away to better illustrate its mechanism. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view of a part of the movable cover, and Fig. 4 is a view of that part of the machine in which a part of the cover engages.

My machine consists, essentially, of a boX or receptacle a, supported upon the legs a and having upwardly-extending side pieces 7), which carry a shaft or spindle 6 The said spindle is provided with a crank-handle b at one end and locking-cleat 6*, whose function will be hereinafter explained. Secured to the box or receptacle directly above same are supplemental sides 0, having extending end portions 0 which carry a shaft 0 upon which is secured the wheels (Z and e, and one outer end of the shaft 0 is provided with a drivingwheel 0*, having a handle 0 The wheels d and e are arranged alternately upon the shaft 0 and are provided with pins d and 6 respectively, and these pins (Z and c are adapted to engage the ends of the levers C13 and 6 respectively, which are mounted, by means of pins in supports f, secured to cross-pieces f which are in turn secured to the supplemental sides c. The inner ends of. the levers d and e"- engage with lugs g and if, respectively,which are formed upon the frame mem-.

bers g and lb. The frame members are movably mounted between cross-pieces f and a, which are slotted at i to receive them. To the lower ends of the frame members 9 and 72/ are fastened what I shall designate as pounders p and k respectively.

Securely fastened to the frame members 9 and h are upwardly-extending rods which pass vertically through a cross-piece 7' and which are provided with springs 7' which are designed to keep the pounders g normally in their lowered position and to facilitate their descent when released. Attached to the frame members it at k are the cords loawhich are also connected to the spindle and are adapted to raise the frame members g and 7t when said spindle is turned. The cleat b is provided to lock the handle 5 when it is desired to keep the'frame members in a raised position.

A movable cover or partition at, having a handle of and an overlapping end portion 112;, which is adapted to engage in the recess mi formed in the sides of the body or receptacle (0, is held in place in the said receptacle by means of the cleat m and said overlapping end portion m and recess m, and this partition divides the receptacle into a front and back compartment. The overlapping end portion at of the partition m is clearly shown in part in Fig. 3, and the recess m is clearly shown in the partial side view and section in Fig. 4:, while the partition on is shown in position in Fig. 2. The recess m" and the cleat m which are adapted to hold the partition on in position, are clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In the operation of my machine before the clothes areplaced in the same the pounders g and 71 are raised to their highest position by means of the spindle b and the cords k and are locked in this raised position by means of the cleat b engaging the handle 5 The clothes are then placed in the receptacle (0, and if the cover an is used the clothes are all forced back behind the cover and under the said pounders. The cover, however, need not be used if not desired. The handle 6 is then released, allowing the pounders to descend to their lowest position against the clothes in the receptacle a. The operation of the machine is then started by turning the driving-wheel c in the direction indicated by the arrow m. The operation will rotate the wheels d and e and cause the pins d and e to alternately engage the levers d and 6 which raise the pounders p and if, respectively. As said pins pass or disengage the levers the pounders are released and drop very quickly and with considerable force by action of gravity and pressure of the springs 1' upon the clothes in the receptacle a. pounding action of the pounders p and 7& upon the clothes produces an agitation which causes the cleansing liquid to circulate through the clothes and effectively clean them. During the process of cleaning the liquid used may be changed as often as desired and may be drawn off by removing the plug 0.

The machine may be made of any desired material, and various other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations therein as fairly come within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A washing-machine of the class described, comprising a receptacle, vertically-movable frame members mounted in the back portion of the receptacle and provided with laterallyextending projections, Vertically -arranged shafts connected with said vertically-movable members and provided at the lower ends with The alternate.

pounders, springs for depressing said vertically-movable frame members and shafts, levers mounted in the back wall of the back compartment and adapted to operate in connection with said laterally-extending projections, and means for operating said levers alternately, substantially as shown and described.

2. A washing-machine of the class described, comprising a receptacle, vertically-movable In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of July, 1903.

SWEN WILLIAM ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

AUGUST AGATON HEDBERG, ERNEST WILLIAM EVANS.

frame members mounted in said receptacle 

